OMG EQD WTF BBQ

Calpaaaaaain! What have you doooone!!!
EqD is on fire! Everything's crumbling and collapsing! It's Derpygate all over again!
Anger! Depression! Angst!
End of the fandom! Leaving forever!
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

*Eh-hem*

So! Calpain asked me some time ago if I could draw him and Xyro burning EquestriaDaily down, while the rest of the crew was away at Unicon! So, I worked out a quick sketch, and started the inking and coloring process yesterday during a livestream! Again used the shading process I learned/figured out/stole from someone not sure who from doing DiLeak's commission [link] .

During the livestream, I had a running skype voice chat with friends Arcum, PhoenixSwift, and Firehazard14. My friend Veggie came by as well. Lots of fun was had. If you just want to hear a bunch of guys shooting the breeze, talking about anything that comes to mind, you should stop by! The conversations are amusing, to say the least.

UC77 also stopped by for a bit. He gave me a good pointer on using the luminosity layer effect. I'm... not sure if I used it properly, using it to highlight the places where the fire was on... But, now, I'm aware of its existence, and will make use of it in future works!

Also, I think Veggie is going to be calling UC77, Lucy, from now on.
As I said, skype convo's are pretty interesting.

You'd think that I would know how to draw a server rack, considering I stare at one during work all day...

Whole thing took about 6-ish hours to make. It shows- that fire suuuuuucksssss.
Though, adding a vignette around the corners added a lot to the effect.
To achieve that glowly effect, I duplicated the entire image (flattened), gave it a high degree of Gaussian blur, placed it above the original picture, and set it to lighten/screen (play around with layer effects, see what you like). From there, I run a low-flow eraser over it on certain places to make it look a touch sharper (like Xyro's face, for instance).

I dunno if steel girders can actually burn like that, but dammit, I'm the artist, so I drew it that way!

Anyways~

I have to say, this is probably one of my better works (mark 3-4th time I've said that?). As per usual comments and critiques are well appreciated. Especially critiques.
Seriously guys, tear my artwork apart! I NEED TO BURN, I mean, LEARN!!

MY HAIR IS ON FIRE MY HAIR IS ON FIRE MY HAIR IS ON FIRE MY HAIR IS ON FIRE MY HAIR IS ON FIRE!